Differential Metabolic Profiles during the Albescent Stages of 'Anji Baicha' (Camellia sinensis).

'Anji Baicha' is an albino tea cultivar with white shoots at low air temperature and green shoots at high air temperature in early spring. The metabolite contents in the shoots dynamically vary with the color changes and with shoot development. To investigate the metabolomic variation duri...

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Main Authors: Chun-Fang Li, Ming-Zhe Yao, Chun-Lei Ma, Jian-Qiang Ma, Ji-Qiang Jin, Liang Chen
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
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Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4622044?pdf=render
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author Chun-Fang Li
Ming-Zhe Yao
Chun-Lei Ma
Jian-Qiang Ma
Ji-Qiang Jin
Liang Chen
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Ming-Zhe Yao
Chun-Lei Ma
Jian-Qiang Ma
Ji-Qiang Jin
Liang Chen
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description 'Anji Baicha' is an albino tea cultivar with white shoots at low air temperature and green shoots at high air temperature in early spring. The metabolite contents in the shoots dynamically vary with the color changes and with shoot development. To investigate the metabolomic variation during the albescent and re-greening stages, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry combined with multivariate analysis were applied to analyze the metabolite profiles in the different color stages during the development of 'Anji Baicha' leaves. The metabolite profiles of three albescent stages, including the yellow-green stage, the early albescent stage, and the late albescent stage, as well as the re-greening stage were distinguished using principal component analysis, revealing that the distinct developmental stages were likely responsible for the observed metabolic differences. Furthermore, a group classification and pairwise discrimination was revealed among the three albescent stages and re-greening stage by partial least squares discriminant analysis. A total of 65 differential metabolites were identified with a variable influence on projection greater than 1. The main differential metabolic pathways of the albescent stages compared with the re-greening stage included carbon fixation in photosynthetic organisms and the phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis pathways. Compared with the re-greening stage, the carbohydrate and amino acid metabolic pathways were disturbed during the albescent stages. During the albescent stages, the sugar (fructofuranose), sugar derivative (glucose-1-phosphate) and epicatechin concentrations decreased, whereas the amino acid (mainly glycine, serine, tryptophan, citrulline, glutamine, proline, and valine) concentrations increased. These results reveal the changes in metabolic profiling that occur during the color changes associated with the development of the albino tea plant leaves.
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spelling doaj.art-d70ef55122dc4db1acf1ccd36a6092e82022-12-22T02:33:08ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-011010e013999610.1371/journal.pone.0139996Differential Metabolic Profiles during the Albescent Stages of 'Anji Baicha' (Camellia sinensis).Chun-Fang LiMing-Zhe YaoChun-Lei MaJian-Qiang MaJi-Qiang JinLiang Chen'Anji Baicha' is an albino tea cultivar with white shoots at low air temperature and green shoots at high air temperature in early spring. The metabolite contents in the shoots dynamically vary with the color changes and with shoot development. To investigate the metabolomic variation during the albescent and re-greening stages, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry combined with multivariate analysis were applied to analyze the metabolite profiles in the different color stages during the development of 'Anji Baicha' leaves. The metabolite profiles of three albescent stages, including the yellow-green stage, the early albescent stage, and the late albescent stage, as well as the re-greening stage were distinguished using principal component analysis, revealing that the distinct developmental stages were likely responsible for the observed metabolic differences. Furthermore, a group classification and pairwise discrimination was revealed among the three albescent stages and re-greening stage by partial least squares discriminant analysis. A total of 65 differential metabolites were identified with a variable influence on projection greater than 1. The main differential metabolic pathways of the albescent stages compared with the re-greening stage included carbon fixation in photosynthetic organisms and the phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis pathways. Compared with the re-greening stage, the carbohydrate and amino acid metabolic pathways were disturbed during the albescent stages. During the albescent stages, the sugar (fructofuranose), sugar derivative (glucose-1-phosphate) and epicatechin concentrations decreased, whereas the amino acid (mainly glycine, serine, tryptophan, citrulline, glutamine, proline, and valine) concentrations increased. These results reveal the changes in metabolic profiling that occur during the color changes associated with the development of the albino tea plant leaves.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4622044?pdf=render
spellingShingle Chun-Fang Li
Ming-Zhe Yao
Chun-Lei Ma
Jian-Qiang Ma
Ji-Qiang Jin
Liang Chen
Differential Metabolic Profiles during the Albescent Stages of 'Anji Baicha' (Camellia sinensis).
PLoS ONE
title Differential Metabolic Profiles during the Albescent Stages of 'Anji Baicha' (Camellia sinensis).
title_full Differential Metabolic Profiles during the Albescent Stages of 'Anji Baicha' (Camellia sinensis).
title_fullStr Differential Metabolic Profiles during the Albescent Stages of 'Anji Baicha' (Camellia sinensis).
title_full_unstemmed Differential Metabolic Profiles during the Albescent Stages of 'Anji Baicha' (Camellia sinensis).
title_short Differential Metabolic Profiles during the Albescent Stages of 'Anji Baicha' (Camellia sinensis).
title_sort differential metabolic profiles during the albescent stages of anji baicha camellia sinensis
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4622044?pdf=render
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